This year, a number of Piping Plovers were on hand much later than usual, giving me the opportunity to photograph them in something other than the typical more boisterous breeding plumage that I'm used to.
This image was taken on dark sand at sunset in October on Plum Island in Massachusetts.
Nikon D2Xs, 500 AFSII lens, TC14EII, ISO 400 @ f7.1

